The Advent of April Rain

With the advent of April rain the chlorophyll has climaxed and green has erupted on rose stems, grass, honeysuckle, the precocious maples. How beautiful the dead earth when its gray goes green and the lifeless limbs leaf out. Each year I can't help but be astonished. If we hadn't seen this repeated every spring wouldn't we be incredulous if someone were to whisper this possibility of resuscitation of life arising from the white wasteland of winter?